31 March 2013

Back in January, I wrote about what I called the "Trans-Atlantic Partnership Agreement", by analogy with the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, TPP, whose negotiations have already dragged on for several years. The formal announcement
of what is now variously called the Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
(TAFTA) or Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), took
place just over a month ago, but already Mexico has stated that it wishes to join, and there are rumours Canada might tag along too.

About Me

I have been a technology journalist and consultant for 30 years, covering
the Internet since March 1994, and the free software world since 1995.

One early feature I wrote was for Wired in 1997:
The Greatest OS that (N)ever Was.
My most recent books are Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, and Digital Code of Life: How Bioinformatics is Revolutionizing Science, Medicine and Business.